How do I get other birds to visit my bird feeder besides cardinals?

the bird feeder is in my garden and I use a bird feed for all kinds of birds.How do I get other birds to visit my bird feeder besides cardinals?
It depends on where you live too. The cardinals like the black sunflower oil seeds. Get a thistle feeder with thistle (nyjer) seed for gold finches and house finches. I have a wild seed feeder and a thistle one. I have a suet cage that I get red winged black birds and woodpeckers. The other one is sunflower seeds mixed with safflower seed and that gets Chickadees and red breasted nuthatches. I too put the thistle on the ground and doves like to eat that and in the winter I get juncos from Canada and they like the thistle on the ground. Good luck and experiment. It is a lot of fun. I have gone from a small feeder to what I have now. And yes, do have a bird bath and cover from bushes, trees, etc. Berry trees and bushes will also bring Cedar Wax Wings and Catbirds which have a lovely song. I am in Illinois. Enjoy! oh, and depending on where you are you may attract ducks or raccoons.How do I get other birds to visit my bird feeder besides cardinals?
Use a different kind of seed ,switch it up, there are so many kinds (try Lowes0 it says on the package what types of birds you can attract, also differebnt birds eat in different ways ,so it depends on your feeders too, again try different feeders,also i sprinkel some seeds on the ground to attract ground feeders such as the mourning dove...soot blocks are good for woodpecker type birds,





The best way to attract birds is with a birdbath, with dripping water (even if you just get a water jug and punch a SMALL hole in the botton fill with water , and hand in a tree suspended over the bird bath ,,,,,dripping water willl attract birds galore,they also like trees shrubs etc close by,they feel safer that way.





good luke,read up lots of cool flowers ans plants will attract birds as well.
Try getting a suet feeder. You can get them at Wal-Mart. They attract different kinds of birds. Here's a picture of one.


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I have a seed feeder and a suet feeder in my back yard and I get more than ten different species. The most common birds are cardinals though.
The best way is to basically make you area around your feeder a birds oasis. Plant perennial grasses and native flowers or bushes and trees that produce berries. Also try expanding the types of seeds you offer. Buy a bird feeder for nyjer seeds which attract goldfinch. Suet feeders and peanuts attract jays and woodpeckers. Basis Black oil sunflower seeds alone also attract a lot of species. Bluebirds love mealworms.Try researching the birds you want to have come. Find out what native foods they eat and what type of grains they enjoy. A little bit of research on the type food and feeders you use go a long way.





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I also mix different types of foods together and poor them out on a large platter or ground feeder and have found that this is great especially for ground foraging birds!!!